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Use the table below to navigate through the best shortcuts for Microsoft Excel.
| Hotkey | Key Combination | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ctrl | Ctrl+A | Select All | Select All Cells in a worksheet |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+B | Bold | Make Cell Font Bold |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+C | Copy | Copy Selection |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+D | Fill Down | Copy Selection |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+F | Find | Pulls data from cell above into selected cell |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+G | Goto | Summons Goto Dialog Box |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+H | Replace | Find and Replace string with defined string |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+I | Italic | Italicize Cell Font |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+K | Insert Hyperlink | Define Link and corresponding Address |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+N | New Workbook | Open New Workbook |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+O | Open | Summon Open Menu |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+P | Open Print Preview Screen | |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+R | Fill Right | Pulls cell contents from left cell into selected cell |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+S | Save | Save Document |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+U | Underline | Underline Cell Contents |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+V | Paste | Pasted Copied Information Into Cell |
| Ctrl | Ctrl W | Close | Close Current Document |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+X | Cut | Copy Selection to Clipboard while removing contents of cell |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Y | Repeat | Repeat the last action performed |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Z | Undo | Undo previous action |
| F Keys | F1 | Help | Open help dialog |
| F Keys | F2 | Edit | Enter cell to make changes |
| F Keys | F3 | Paste Name | Open list of named ranges to paste |
| F Keys | F4 | Repeat last action | Repeat the last action performed |
| F Keys | F4 | Absolute to Relative | Switches between absolute and relative references during formula edit |
| F Keys | F5 | Goto | Enter and move to cell or range of cells |
| F Keys | F6 | Next Pane | If worksheet is split, move to next pane |
| F Keys | F7 | Spell check | Open Spellcheck tool |
| F Keys | F8 | Extend mode | Press, then use arrow keys to extend selection |
| F Keys | F9 | Recalculate All | Recalculates entire workbook if set to manual calculation |
| F Keys | F9 | Change to Value | During cell edit mode, replaces formula with calculated value |
| F Keys | F10 | Activate Menubar | Adds letters to menu bar that can be used as shortcuts |
| F Keys | F11 | New Chart | Opens Design tools and new chart |
| F Keys | F12 | Save As | Save Document and Choose Name |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+: | Insert Current Time | Enter current timestamp |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+; | Insert Current Date | Enter current datestamp |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+" | Copy Value from Above | Pulls data from cell above into selected cell |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+ | Copy Formula from Above | Pulls formula from cell above into selected cell |
| F Keys | Shift+F2 | Edit cell comment | Open/Add Cell Comment box for editing |
| F Keys | Shift+F3 | Paste function into formula | Open Insert Function Dialog Box |
| F Keys | Shift+F4 | Find Next | Move to Next Similar Value |
| F Keys | Shift+F5 | Find | Open Find/Replace Dialog |
| F Keys | Shift+F6 | Previous Pane | Move back to Pane previously occupied if Split is used |
| F Keys | Shift+F8 | Activate add to selection mode | Allows selecting multiple selections without CTRL key |
| F Keys | Shift+F9 | Calculate active worksheet | Perform all calculations for active worksheet |
| F Keys | Shift+F10 | Display Cell shortcut menu | Right Click on a cell |
| F Keys | Shift+F11 | New worksheet | Open New Blank Workshee |
| F Keys | Shift+F12 | Save | Quicksave Document |
| F Keys | Ctrl+F3 | Define name | Edit Name Properties of open worksheets |
| F Keys | Ctrl+F4 | Close | Close Current Workbook |
| F Keys | Ctrl+F5 | XL, Restore window size | Expand Worksheet size to fill application window |
| F Keys | Ctrl+F9 | Minimize workbook | Send Workbook to Task bar |
| F Keys | Ctrl+F10 | Maximize or restore window | Expand Workbook to Maxium Screen size |
| F Keys | Ctrl+F11 | Inset 4.0 Macro sheet | Open New Macro Tab in Worksheet |
| F Keys | Ctrl+F12 | File Open | Open File Browser |
| F Keys | Alt+F1 | Insert Chart | Quick Paste Chart From highlighted Cells |
| F Keys | Alt+F2 | Save As | Save Document and Choose Name |
| F Keys | Alt+F4 | Exit | Close current workbook |
| F Keys | Alt+F8 | Macro dialog box | Open Macro Dialog Box |
| F Keys | Alt+F11 | Visual Basic Editor | Open Visual Basic Editor Menus |
| F Keys | Ctrl+Shift+F3 | Create Names Dialog | Automatically names ranges based on row and column headings |
| F Keys | Ctrl+Shift+F6 | Previous Window | Switches to other window in excel |
| F Keys | Ctrl+Shift+F12 | Open Print Preview | |
| F Keys | Alt+Shift+F1 | New worksheet | Add and Open New Blank Worksheet |
| F Keys | Alt+Shift+F2 | Save | Save Current Workbook |
| Alt | Alt+= | AutoSum | Insert Sum Function |
| Alt | Alt+Down arrow | Display AutoComplete | Show all options for Autocomplete |
| Alt | Alt+ | Format Style dialog box | Open cell Formatting options |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift+~ | General format | convert number to general format |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift+! | Comma format | convert number to comma format |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift+@ | Time format | convert number to time format |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift+# | Date format | convert number to date format |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift+$ | Currency format | convert number to currency format |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift+% | Percent format | convert number to percent format |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift+^ | Exponential format | convert number to exponential format |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift+& | Outline | Create Outline around cell |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift+_ | Remove outline border | Remove outline around cell |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift+* | Select current region | Highlight region current to selected select |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift++ | Insert | Open Insert Function Dialog Box |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+- | Delete | Open Delete Function Dialog Box |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+1 | Format cells dialog box | Open Format Cells Dialog Box |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+2 | Bold | Activate Bold Font |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+3 | Italic | Activate Italic Font |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+4 | Underline | Activate Underline Font |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+5 | Strikethrough | Activate Strikethrough Font |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+8 | Toggle Outline symbols | Display outline symbols if activated in workbook |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+9 | Hide rows | Hide selected row |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+0 | Hide columns | Hide selected column |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift+( | Unhide rows | unhide hidden rows |
| Ctrl | Ctrl+Shift+) | Unhide columns | unhide hidden columns |
| Alt | Alt or F10 | Activate the menu | Display shortcut symbols in main menu |
| Shift | Shift+Ctrl+F | Font Drop Down List | Open Format Menu with Font tab selected |
| Shift | Shift+Ctrl+P | Point size Drop Down List | Open Format Menu with Font tab and size selected |
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